Question

Which is a correct first step in solving the inequality-4(2x - 1) > 5 - 3x?

Answer 1

The answer is distribute -4 to get -8x+4>5-3x

Answer 2

Distributing -4 inside the parenthesis is the first step

Explanation:

find a correct first step in solving the inequality

`-4(2x - 1) > 5 - 3x`

To solve the given inequality we need to isolate x

To isolate x we start with removing the parenthesis

we distribute -4 inside the parenthesis

`-4*2x +(-4)(- 1) > 5 - 3x`

`-8x +4 > 5 - 3x`

Distributing -4 inside the parenthesis is the first step